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Lecture – ‘Let’s Talk About the Brain’

Tue, 3/13/2018 - 6:30pm

Event Description:

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm

How much do you know about your brain? In observance of Brain Awareness Week, March 12-18, the Department of Physiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson will present a free public lecture, "Let’s Talk About the Brain."

The event will feature three UA College of Medicine – Tucson researchers in a TED Talk-style format, followed by an opportunity for questions and answers during a round-table discussion with the researchers.

Great advances have been made in understanding how the brain processes pain, yet the treatment of pain, especially of chronic pain, remains one of the enduring challenges in medicine. Dr. Vanderah will discuss how opioids and alternative medications/therapies are designed to inhibit chronic pain without unwanted side effects, including addiction.

Our emotional brain is in a constant conversation with the body's organs. This often happens without our conscious awareness. Dr. Gothard will show how emotional pain and chronic stress contribute to the onset and severity of diseases and how tending to the emotional brain can alleviate both mental and physical illness.

Autism now is a common condition and we are learning more about the genetics and brain differences associated with autism. Dr. Rice will discuss the concept of "autisms" versus autism and how brain differences and genetics play a role.

(Please note: There is a parking fee of $1.50 per hour, cash only, in the Banner – University Medical Center Tucson visitor/patient parking garage. After 5 p.m., free parking is available south of the parking garage in the UA Zone 1 parking lot No. 2030 at East Mabel Street and North Martin Avenue.)

For more information about the lecture, please call the UA Department of Physiology, 520-626-7642.

Brain Awareness Week is an annual worldwide campaign founded and coordinated by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research.